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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Testimonial regarding eyeglasses

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02405 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1870 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13 cm, Width: 18.3 cm Order a Copy

Testimonial, also signed by former Confederate generals Simon B. Buckner, William J. Hardee, Jubal A. Early, and William Mahone. Signers claim "Hurtz V. [Leja] has supplied us with spectacles which suit out eyes far better than any we have ever before used. He requires but a single glance at the eye to enable him to tell all it needs in the article of spectacles." Circa date previously inferred.

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914
Hays, Harry T. (Harry Thompson), 1820-1876
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Mahone, William, 1826-1895

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